I've raised £3180 to place a memorial to Llywelyn's soldiers killed in Builth in 1282 - Apêl i osod cofeb i 3,000 o filwyr Llywelyn a laddwyd yn 1282.

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Mae Cymdeithas Cofio Llywelyn yn codi arian i anrhydeddu dros 3,000 o filwyr, bechgyn a dynion cyffredin, a laddwyd yn ddiamddiffyn ger Llanfair-ym Muallt yn 1282. Bydd Cofeb o waith Ieuan Rees yn cael ei osod yn ymyl y fan lle lladdwyd hwy. Bydd yn ei le erbyn 11 o Rhagfyr 2021.

Roedd y fyddin Gymreig wedi gwersylla ac nid oeddynt yn disgwyl ymosodiad arfog gan fod Roger Mortimer a’r arglwyddi eraill wedi rhoi'r argraff eu bod mewn trafodaethau heddychlon gyda Llywelyn. Lladdwyd y milwyr di-arfog i gyd. Felly, cafodd y milwyr di-amddiffyn eu hamgylchynu a'u lladd yn y fan a'r lle.

Cofio Llywelyn Society is raising funds to honour over 3,000 Welsh soldiers, ordinary boys and men, who were killed undefended near Builth Wells in 1282. A Memorial created by Ieuan Rees will be placed near where they were killed by 11 December 2021.

The Welsh army were encamped, and not expecting an armed confrontation, as they were led to believe that Roger Mortimer and the other lords, were in peaceful negotiations with Llywelyn.

The unsuspecting army were surrounded and massacred on the spot.

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£3,502.00